Back Talk: Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor Back Talk: Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor
A conversation with the authors of On Kindness.
Jul 1, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Back Talk: Graham Parker Back Talk: Graham Parker
A conversation with the author of Fair Use: Notes From Spam about spam, scambaiters and language games.
Jun 3, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Back Talk: Philip Alcabes Back Talk: Philip Alcabes
Epidemiologist Philip Alcabes discusses the social fears surrounding epidemics and why risk can't be eliminated from life.
May 20, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Back Talk: Peter Singer Back Talk: Peter Singer
A conversation with the author of The Life You Can Save about charitable giving and the utility monster argument.
Apr 22, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Letters Letters
C. Wright Mills, Man for All Seasons Bar Harbor Island, Fla.
Apr 15, 2009 / Letters / Our Readers and Christine Smallwood
Back Talk: Young Jean Lee Back Talk: Young Jean Lee
A conversation with the author of The Shipment about American theater, irony and Mariah Carey.
Apr 8, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Back Talk: Michelle Goldberg Back Talk: Michelle Goldberg
Journalist Michelle Goldberg discusses the past fifty years of global reproductive issues.
Mar 26, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Back Talk: Elaine Showalter Back Talk: Elaine Showalter
A conversation with the author of A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx.
Mar 11, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Back Talk: Alva Noë Back Talk: Alva Noë
Philosopher Alva Noë talks about the brain, consciousness and animal rights.
Feb 26, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Back Talk: Adam Frank Back Talk: Adam Frank
A conversation with astrophysicist Adam Frank about science, religion and manifestations of the sacred in the physical world.
Feb 11, 2009 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood